2007 LPGA Tour
| Duration | January 19, 2007 (2007年01月19日) – December 23, 2007 (2007年12月23日) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 35 |
| Most wins | 8 Mexico Lorena Ochoa |
| Money leader | Mexico Lorena Ochoa |
| Rolex Player of the Year | Mexico Lorena Ochoa |
| Rookie of the Year | Brazil Angela Park |
← 2006 2008 → | |
The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In 2007, prize money on the LPGA Tour was 54ドル.285 million, the highest to date.
Lorena Ochoa topped the money list with a record 4,364,994,ドル easily surpassing Annika Sörenstam's previous record of 2,863,904ドル in 2002.[1] Sörenstam was out most of the 2007 with neck and back injuries. Ochoa led the tour in victories in 2007 with eight wins; Suzann Pettersen of Norway had five.
The four major championships were won by: Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Suzann Pettersen (LPGA Championship), Cristie Kerr (U.S. Women's Open), and Lorena Ochoa (Women's British Open). All four majors were won by first-time major winners. The British Open also marked a breakthrough for women's golf; for the first time the event took place at historic St Andrews in Scotland, the fabled "home of golf," that had previously been off-limits to women.
In a slight reversal of a trend from recent years, Americans saw a relative resurgence in dominance in 2007, winning 12 events. For the first time since 2000, two Americans won majors. However, only one American, Paula Creamer, won more than one event, while Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won eight times and Norway's Suzann Pettersen five. Koreans won only four events, seven fewer than the 11 won in 2006.
For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2007 in golf.
Tournament schedule and results
[edit ]ADT Playoff Categories:
- winner: Official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least 2,000,000ドル. Winners of these events automatically qualify for the ADT Championship.
- standard: Winners do not automatically qualify for the ADT Championship; the ADT points system is used.
- unofficial: These events are not official LPGA Tour events and participation is not part of the ADT Playoff system.
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | ADT Playoff category |
Winner | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21 | Women's World Cup of Golf | South Africa | unofficial | Paraguay (Julieta Granada / Celeste Troche) |
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| Feb 17 | SBS Open at Turtle Bay | Hawaii | standard | United States Paula Creamer (3) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| Feb 24 | Fields Open in Hawaii | Hawaii | standard | United States Stacy Prammanasudh (2) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Mar 11 | MasterCard Classic | Mexico | standard | United States Meaghan Francella (1) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Mar 25 | Safeway International | Arizona | standard | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (10) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Apr 1 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | California | winner | United States Morgan Pressel (1) | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Apr 15 | Ginn Open | Florida | winner | United States Brittany Lincicome (2) | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
| Apr 29 | Corona Championship | Mexico | standard | Italy Silvia Cavalleri (1) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| May 6 | SemGroup Championship | Oklahoma | standard | South Korea Mi Hyun Kim (8) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| May 13 | Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill | Virginia | winner | Norway Suzann Pettersen (1) | 2,200,000 | 330,000 |
| May 20 | Sybase Classic | New Jersey | standard | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (11) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| May 27 | LPGA Corning Classic | New York | standard | South Korea Young Kim (1) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Jun 3 | Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika | South Carolina | winner | United States Nicole Castrale (1) | 2,600,000 | 390,000 |
| Jun 10 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | Maryland | winner | Norway Suzann Pettersen (2) | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Jun 24 | Wegmans LPGA | New York | standard | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (12) | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| End of first half of the season | ||||||
| Jul 1 | U.S. Women's Open | North Carolina | winner | United States Cristie Kerr (10) | 3,100,000 | 560,000 |
| Jul 15 | Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic | Ohio | standard | South Korea Se Ri Pak (24) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Jul 22 | HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship | New York | winner | South Korea Seon Hwa Lee (2) | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
| Jul 29 | Evian Masters | France | winner | United States Natalie Gulbis (1) | 3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| Aug 5 | Ricoh Women's British Open | Scotland | winner | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (13) | 2,000,000 | 320,512 |
| Aug 19 | CN Canadian Women's Open | Alberta | winner | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (14) | 2,250,000 | 337,500 |
| Aug 26 | Safeway Classic | Oregon | standard | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (15) | 1,700,000 | 255,000 |
| Sep 2 | LPGA State Farm Classic | Illinois | standard | United States Sherri Steinhauer (8) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Sep 9 | LPGA NW Arkansas Championship* | Arkansas | standard | United States Stacy Lewis (n/a) | 625,000 | 90,000 |
| Sep 16 | Solheim Cup | Sweden | n/a | United States | n/a | |
| Sep 30 | Navistar LPGA Classic | Alabama | standard | Sweden Maria Hjorth (3) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Oct 7 | Longs Drugs Challenge | California | standard | Norway Suzann Pettersen (3) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| Oct 14 | Samsung World Championship | California | standard | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (16) | 1,000,000 | 250,000 |
| Oct 21 | Hana Bank-KOLON Championship | South Korea | standard | Norway Suzann Pettersen (4) | 1,500,000 | 191,250 |
| Oct 28 | Honda LPGA Thailand | Thailand | standard | Norway Suzann Pettersen (5) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Nov 4 | Mizuno Classic | Japan | standard | Japan Momoko Ueda (1) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Nov 11 | The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions | Alabama | standard | United States Paula Creamer (4) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Nov 18 | ADT Championship | Florida | n/a | Mexico Lorena Ochoa (17) | 1,550,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Dec 9 | Lexus Cup | Australia | unofficial | Team Asia | n/a | |
| Dec 23** | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | Nevada | unofficial | LPGA Tour | n/a | |
Tournaments in bold are majors.
*The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship was not completed due to inclement weather. Only 18 holes were played so it was not an official tournament, nor did the money count as official money.
**The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was held on November 13. It was broadcast on television on December 22 and 23. The official LPGA Tour schedule listed the tournament dates based on the television broadcast.
Leaders
[edit ]Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 4,364,994 | 25 |
| 2 | Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 1,802,400 | 24 |
| 3 | Paula Creamer | United States | 1,384,798 | 24 |
| 4 | Mi Hyun Kim | South Korea | 1,273,848 | 27 |
| 5 | Seon Hwa Lee | South Korea | 1,100,198 | 28 |
| 6 | Cristie Kerr | United States | 1,098,921 | 22 |
| 7 | Jang Jeong | South Korea | 1,038,598 | 27 |
| 8 | Angela Park | Brazil | 983,922 | 28 |
| 9 | Morgan Pressel | United States | 972,452 | 25 |
| 10 | Jee Young Lee | South Korea | 966,256 | 24 |
Source:[3]
Scoring Average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 69.69 |
| 2 | Paula Creamer | United States | 70.50 |
| 3 | Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 70.86 |
| 4 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 71.27 |
| 5 | Stacy Prammanasudh | United States | 71.28 |
Source:[4]
Award winners
[edit ]The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:
- The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships and at the season-ending ADT Championship. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
- 2007 Winner: Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: Suzann Pettersen
- The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
- 2007 Winner: Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: Paula Creamer
- The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded at all full-field domestic events and doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in increments of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA.
- 2007 Winner: Angela Park. Runner-up: In-Kyung Kim
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Mell, Randall (November 19, 2007). "Ochoa trumps 'em all: Ochoa seals the outcome with an approach to 3 feet" . South Florida Sun Sentinel. pp. 5D, 14D – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2011.
- ^ "Money/Finishes: Official Money – 2007". LPGA.
- ^ "Scoring: Scoring Average – 2007". LPGA.